Insert Windows Media Player into PyGTK Application

Is there a way to show a video in a PyGTK app using Windows Media Player? I am trying to play SopCast streams in a PyGTK application and I am currently doing this by embedding Internet Explorer and showing a webpage containing a Windows Media Player control, but I need a better way to do this.

Also, I'm wondering if I can access the SopCast OCX by starting from this stream and then playing it back with VLC (which would be better) by opening the localhost stream that SopCast creates.

thank